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Cognitive scientist Bloom posits that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. Psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals; but Bloom argues that humans are in fact hardwired with a sense of morality. He draws on years of original research at his Yale lab with babies and toddlers to back up his claim, and he also notes that this innate morality is limited: that natural, strong moral feelings are focused toward those...
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"These experiences of sensing a Presence when no one else is there have been given many names--the Third Man, guardian angels, shadow figures, "social" hallucinations--and they have inspired, unsettled, and confounded in equal measure. While the contexts in which they occur are diverse, they are united by a distinct and uncanny feeling of visitation by another. But what does this feeling mean, and where does it come from? When and why do presences...
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"Our brains are more extraordinary--and far stranger--than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathize, and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced--or disappeared overnight? Helen Thomson has spent years traveling the world, tracking down incredibly rare brain disorders. In Unthinkable she tells the stories of nine extraordinary people...
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